Comprehensive Care Nurse II - Juvenile Health Services

COMPREHENSIVE CARE NURSE II (Registered Nurse)
Juvenile Health Services

Salary may be negotiable within the range listed above, based on position requirements and successful candidate's qualifications, subject to appropriate authorization.

In addition to the hourly salary, eligible applicants shall receive premium pay for the items listed below:

• Bilingual pay: Qualified employees who meet the criteria found shall receive an additional seventy $0.70 cents per hour for all hours paid.
• Night Shift Differential pay: Employees assigned to a night shift shall be paid a night shift differential for each hour actually worked on the assigned night shift. Pay rate is determined by assigned shift hours found here.
• Nurse Retention: Upon completion of new employee probation, eligible employees shall receive a one-time lump sum incentive of $1,000, within 2 pay periods.
• New Hire Incentive: Upon completion of 10,400 service hours (approximately 5 years of service) in a Nurse classification, you will receive 3% of your annual base salary as a one-time lump payment.
• Jail Supplement pay: An employee in this classification who is permanently assigned to an adult or juvenile correctional or institutional facility shall receive an additional $1.50 per hour for all paid hours.

Other Additional Premium Pays

This recruitment is open to the public and will remain open for a minimum of five (5) business days. This recruitment will be open on a continuous basis and will close at 11:59 PM (PST) on the day the County's needs are met. Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.

This list will be used to fill current and future Comprehensive Care Nurse II positions within the Health Care Agency, Correctional Health Services. This eligible list may also be used to fill positions in similar and/or lower classifications throughout the County of Orange.

The County of Orange Health Care Agency is hiring Comprehensive Care Nurses to provide direct routine and emergency nursing services to youth housed in juvenile correctional facilities or in an emergency shelter facility. Juvenile Health Services is committed to providing quality professional nursing care for youth under our care.

Juvenile Health Services (JHS) is a division of the Health Care Agency's Correctional Health Services. JHS provides medical, dental, nursing, infection control, health education and pharmaceutical services at a community standard of care to youth who reside in the County's four residential facilities operated by Probation and Social Services Departments and contracts with hospitals for inpatient and specialty care.

The Comprehensive Care Nurse II will perform the following specialized duties:

• Perform nursing assessments and obtain patient histories relative to present complaint, physical or emotional illness, past medical history, familial and social history
• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments and refer to higher level of care as necessary, to Pediatrician, Nurse Practitioner, on‑call providers, or off‑site referrals
• Obtain and interpret vital signs: temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and pain scale assessment
• Implement Standardized Nursing Protocols
• Conduct youth sick call
• Administer treatments, drugs, medications, and immunizations as prescribed by clinicians or nursing protocol
• Review and maintain accurate and concise patient medical records; observe, identify, interpret documents and data and report changes in patient's condition; monitor outcomes
• Document in Subjective‑Objective‑Assessment‑Plan (SOAP) or narrative format, when applicable in electronic health record
• Dress minor wounds and injuries
• Perform venipuncture and other laboratory testing
• Respond to medical or psychiatric emergencies within the facility
• Provide guidance, education, and counseling to patients and/or family regarding health or mental health issues
• Perform patient releases and assist in discharge planning and transfer to other facilities to ensure continuity of care
• Participate in staff development and educational programs to maintain professional competency
• Other work as assigned

JHS is a 24‑hour, 7 day a week operation,…